Sarcocystis in wild ungulates in Alberta.
Muscle samples from 557 wild ungulates in Alberta, comprising seven species, were examined grossly and/or histologically for cysts of Sarcocystis. Sarcocystis was found in 100, 96, 94, 75, 75, 73, and 49% of the wapiti (Cervus canadensis), moose (Alces alces), bison (Bison bison), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), and white-tailed deer (O. virginianus), respectively.
D000367:Age Factors; D000416:Alberta; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001188:Artiodactyla; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014059:Tongue / Q000469:parasitology